Apple products with Mac OS X operating system are quite popular among designers and digital artists. So today I have collected 12 awesome mac apps for designing purposes. Most of them are for processing images and editing pictures but you will also find tools for productivity, time management, screen recording, reading, planning as well as coding apps in case you are a web designer. Some of these apps are available for free but most of them will cost you money, but hey it is not so bad to pay few dollars for a high-quality product and achieve amazing results after.

What do you think about these apps? Which is your favorite one? Share your opinion in the comments section below. And if you are looking for even more mac apps for designers, please also check out our article about 10 Useful Apps for Designers on Design Woop.

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Sketch

This is a great app for collaboration, creativeness, and prototypes. It has a powerful vector editor, intuitive interface, and lightning-fast prototyping.

Screeny

Screeny makes screen capturing easy and gives you the freedom to capture your videos or images at any size. You can click & drag to resize the capture area or input the exact pixel dimensions to set to the size of the capture area. All the while you will get instant feedback on the capture area’s current pixel dimensions.

Pixelmator

Beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing app for Mac OS X

Wunderlist

Download Wunderlist, our free cloud-sync task manager, and share your lists with friends and colleagues.

MindNode

MindNode’s focus and flexibility makes it the perfect brainstorming tool. The clutter-free interface lets you concentrate on generating and connecting your ideas, and an infinitely expanding canvas means that no matter how big or complicated your thoughts get, MindNode can keep up.

Sequel Pro

Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.

Patterno

Patterno is a tiled pattern and background image generator for Mac OS X. It allows to create various images that you may use to design your site, Twitter, MySpace or just to create a new wallpaper for your desktop.

Espresso

You design and develop for the Web? Espresso turbo-charges your workflow with the perfect blend of features. Speed through day-to-day edits with extensive language support, contextual completions, powerful smart snippets, and Zen actions.

Griddle

Griddle is the fast and handy pixel grid generator – perfect for your graphics applications and projects. Step aside, overlay grids – now you can bend, warp and integrate grids directly into your work! And say goodbye to the pain of measuring the effects of filters, such as Photoshop®’s Liquify, where overlay grids aren’t even available.

Billings

 

Your invoices should reflect your professionalism. Billings combines powerful features with stylish designs so you can send elegant invoices right out of the box. Choose from any of the customizable templates, or create your own with the built-in WYSIWYG designer. Either way, you’ll send polished professional invoices in seconds.

Glyphs

Glyphs’ smart and simple approach helps you draw new fonts, modify existing fonts, and sculpt your letterforms hassle-free.